Gwen vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Gwen
based on 2,474 Gwen vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Malzahar
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Advice to Win Against Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Gwen vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Gwen in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some significant Gwen vs. Malzahar matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between these two champions. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Gwen typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Gwen or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Gwen makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Gwen does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Gwen has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gwen in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Gwen versus Malzahar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Malzahar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Malzahar as Gwen, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Gwen vs Malzahar clashes, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.
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